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#DDBCC4

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DDBCC4

#DDBCC4 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 74% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.8); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCDDD5 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DDBCC4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red221
Green188
Blue196

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.8
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.6
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 12.0

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #DDBCC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBCC4.
1.74:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBCC4.
12.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDBCC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDBCC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0C1C4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C6C3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3BABF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDBCC4?

#DDBCC4 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 74% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DDBCC4?

Use black text. Black on #DDBCC4 has a contrast ratio of 12.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDBCC4?

Its complementary colour is #BCDDD5, and analogous partners are #DDBCD4 and #DDC5BC.